page_title: Tony DeMarco
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Tony DeMarco / Career / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: This location which once housed the Living Room Lounge was built in 1930 and is located at 4007 E. Camelback Road in Phoenix, Arizona. The building housed the Silver Poodle Cocktail Lounge prior to 1968, when boxing welterweight Tony DeMarco became the owner of the property and established what he called the Living Room Lounge. DeMarco no longer owns the property which now belongs to the U-Haul Co.
context_page_description: Tony DeMarco, born Leonardo Liotta is an American former boxer and World Welterweight Champion. Born to Sicilian immigrants from Sciacca, Vincent and Giacomina, DeMarco grew up in the North End neighborhood of Boston.
context_section_description: DeMarco's legacy is an undying part of Boston's history. Training under Boston greats such as Frankie Waters, DeMarco was able to sell out the Boston Garden, breaking attendance records. Mayor Thomas Menino even honored DeMarco with a street, named after him, in Boston's famous North End. The street, which is perpendicular to Atlantic Ave, is named "Tony DeMarco Way".
  DeMarco has received many honors, including an induction in the Official National Italian American Hall of Fame in Chicago. Looking back on his career, DeMarco remarked "Mainly I consider myself a slugger." DeMarco once fought on the undercard to Rocky Marciano. 
  In his last bout, DeMarco won a ten-round decision over Stefan Redl in Boston on February 6, 1962. 
  A statue of DeMarco unveiled on October 20, 2012 at the corners of Hanover and Cross Streets in Boston's historic North End was designed by famed sculptor Harry Weber, and a full-length documentary by filmmaker Marino Amoruso based on DeMarco's autobiography Nardo: Memoirs of a Boxing Champion is in the works. Tony De Marco is also featured in "The Flame and Fury of Fleet Street," a segment of the documentary, Boston's North End: An Italian American Story.
  DeMarco is set to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2019.
caption: Tony DeMarco's Living Room Lounge was located in this building at 4007 E. Camelback Road in Phoenix, Arizona. DeMarco no longer owns the property which now belongs to the U-Haul Co.
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